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SOUTH NORWAII}, COIN. ,;SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921.
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WASHINGTON.
the combined
, April lfi.—VVitli
emergency tariff and
anti-dumping bill put through. the
Plouse was in adjournment today uu~
ill‘ Monday to permit the selection of
minority committee members. parti-
cularly those on the immigration com-
mittee before the immigration bill is
reported out.
l'assed in the House yusterday by a
vfale o rum to 112. only 't-igm Repiib-
‘icaus and fifteen Democrats breaking
nvay from the party alignment on the
measurc. the Young emergency tariff
and anti—dumping bill now got-s to the
Senate with Republican leaders hope-
r‘nl of its passage there ne\t week.
Action on the measure in the Hun»,-
r‘ame at the end of a session enliven-
at by Democratic protests that the
tepublicaus in standing for ”JS'SQK“
oi the bill precisely in the form put
through at the last session. were bow-
ing of the “dictation of the —Senate."
SPHIR CHAPTER
[ilVES VAUDEVILLE
Great Success Scored in the
Show and Play Presented
in Community Hall
So great a success was scored last
Gruc in their clever crayon and sing-
ing novelty carried the audience with
them. and scored one of the hits of
the evening.
Dawson and Russo in operatic nel-
especially pleasing.
Lois “'erme and Company. in their
Japanese and floral singing act. pre-
sented a program that was varied and
(Continued on page Your)
NASH BASEBALL
A most successful dance {:15 given
fl ‘ :li—w
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7.}. .._ tuners Imured and~Great Property Dam-
. -n . . . I ‘
1. ”3 lion: in Several Counties in Arkansas-—
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i: will“ liecovered and Removed from Storm
W l. .‘tplil 16.—A ' '
--). list that may
. PRESIDENT fAVllllS
~ yet not est:-
..\. part..- of .\lil-
:. liriutl i (that
a, .utirs. Arkan- ‘
’l‘exas. last
i———-——
-x loss of ill“ “'AS'HTNG'I‘UN. April lG.—l‘»oyhood
. .,.y in the two days of President Harding when he
. m. rum; sec- used to slip off to the old swimlninu
.,..\..n [it-lsllll“ hole in the creek near Caledonia. (lhio.
. pm.” and a new recalltd by him today in reply to
‘ Nnfil lrtilflz a letter in lead pencil from twelve~
"rm 1:. 1., 3.: year-old .lohu ll. \\'aclwrmull. (if this
- .rvs iujur— WU- ‘ '
'l‘ln- ltl‘t'sl-l'dll-S letter r'as in answer
H _,, ‘3... 'U; the "u :=u appeal from John. that he attend
illlr‘l.l\ ;*.-:lle., a ball u‘iVI-u by the ladies: of the (‘0m-
2“. “L ”m :uiuiu; house for the hem-fit of a
HLM‘H‘H] <\'»'llllllillIL‘ pool for boys. In explain—
l..,p “2.11le lZlL” that lit hm] l-mn asked by his
1‘,“ zuht iuH- playmates to write tht president. John
\_ ,5 li‘l‘Ul'l said:
. , “km. h, “M:- l‘resitbnt. we want a swim-
” ”1,, I” H.“ mint; p'lol just like you Would it you
‘ .V\:1‘“v.“,.‘\ ‘.'.'.'t- n in»). so pit-:tst conic. i told
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(Continued on page Four)
l ’- ‘4 ‘Eli’S’ BRUELBLE III]
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Tilda pl ‘1 I v
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h“ft i .\.(li“fll'alk Fmancml Deal Engineered by Shelton
. “-1, ‘ . ' . V ‘ . l
L ~ M-h Has 1‘01ng Bank Receiver Termed
‘1 . .y. , a
. . . _ .lhtad “Remarkable" by Judge
{Mist t'nrxx: .;,\ KeIIOgg
n -1. ill ‘-
M. 4,1‘ ,5" t’liulut'lvl‘izfilllil it as “quite a re—
.I' .1 “I.“ rm 'u'ukulw‘o- sullvuicnt.” Judge John P.
‘ ‘\l"=1 l3 (:1 ”“1 l\* ill :5: in in. Superior court in
‘ \\ _ “mm. M). ‘ H" ltxt-lc'v-imrl y.-sierd:ty authorized lic-
’ . I” ”H'mn‘ m' \l mam: Marcus ll. Holcomb of the Shel-
.- . In” ‘ ”1‘ .m in! 'L‘lll\i company to accept all offer
'1.- lnuhlln: “ax ivurv l" Fr"“‘“'” I" .lrrOint- 0" ”1‘; Nil-Uga-
' 2 mil. tr. \\ml< m "““i \'-l”~z\ (‘rm-ihh- company. by
rm, ;;:-._-,. unit. 0,“, v\:..~ \xl'zvlr xlu Crucible company will take
[In '.H p; A ..‘. JUM. . over thru- obligations due the Trust
y ’ for business. .\l;i'.=‘~ t-umy‘apv :Ilnullulinu to $Ni’JHl0.
{H . Him“ been mud.- in z.» "\\‘. l-uxv lhrw- loans}; Receiver
l r». and P‘lllliifilt'ul in bandlv ”firm“. yum H" "7’1”.“ H‘VhiCh have
: .| “mums-1;... “NHL“. Erie-i MW. "in: .mythin: to put
r. tv' owning 0‘; Twiggy-V“ H. 13...; ‘3‘ 1'3 I "-l‘l \\1\ They total 382.000
~ l. 1"») l >.. .t g ,..l ' ‘ "' -1 l‘l-HHHHH to one person.
s . and Spun; .. A \‘ldm: 1.2 . : \ II \z:u~ly~ywu. the Armstrong Real—
; , “hwy, .‘n' ..~ y”, , .n-t. ""1i‘-"‘\.'ll'llll" lt-ncrai Industries
5, p... p.._,, \\ ”,1. \3.“ mph... ""l"l~:~\ .\H are endorsed by Arm-
1' .,. “Tm... M. (‘l.t: “W”: H'hl not secured excepting by
oatmued or page Sm) (Continued on page Three)
ao'rH WIVES MAY
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Lutheran Pub- .
l‘suod a poster
:rp'l- and gold. The
stamps totals one
~‘ mp to leave the
i or. an especially
‘.‘ :sst-il \"ith the fol-
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. of America.
7 G. Harding
I 4‘r»:._ I). C.
1921.
”N" ‘I‘iizz' the
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Publicity Bureau
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mvis TALK mam:
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A meeting was held yesterday after.
noon at the home of Mrs. ‘(id'Ol‘gI’
Thorne Hill, by the “mm 1. ‘of the citv
in the interests (1" Serbian child vu-l‘~
fare.
Sergeant ltuth l‘arnam. of England.
who served for live years with the
Seubiau army. and who possesses pt 1'-
haps more medals for war service
than any other woman. and who
credited with having“ fired the first
shot in the \\‘orld war. spoke at length
on the topic. from the storehouse m
her memories of her experience.
, Pledges were made by a number oi
the women present for the sum of
Silt; which cares for with food and
medical attention. one diseaSed S-r—
bian child for a period of six months.
Any other women in the. city who
may be interested in the project ,and
who wish to make similiar pledges
may communicate witn‘Mrs. Hull by
telephone. ‘
woman it]
till MllllNEl
SAN FRANCISCO. April l6.-—'A ut:
110 known common lawprocess'said to
date from 1337 and never before
brought forward in California was in—
in
J. Mooney. now‘Servinz a life sentence
for‘ the preparedness day explosion in
which‘ ten lives were lost. 1
The process. known as "audits.
querela." is said to hatsfie'originated
through the desire. of King Edward
III. of England to gain the release of.
an imprisoned bishop. It is applicable
in\cases wherein all statute law reme-
dicsé-have been exhausted and judg-
ment has been pronounced. attorneys
declared .and its effect is to, obtain a;
new trial or a cancellation or sentence
'1 page Elght)
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' “ ’ ,Coutliiuea' "on Post-{java
coked here today in behalf of Thomas_
at the Elk's Home in ,. South Mair.
street. last night. under the auspices
of the Nash Engineering “’orks base—
ball team. Fully" four hLiidred at—
tended the affair.
The feature'of the evening were
“spot—light" dances. Varied colored
lights were used making the hull-room
a picturesque place . Sit-rlmgs' or-
chestra furnished music ."u‘ the dune-
ing. which was continued until 1
o'clock.
During the evening. prizes of $5 in
gold were given to Miss Elizabeth
Powers and to Leonard. care Nash
Engineering “’orks.
The hardworking: committee in
charge of the dance consisted of: (‘3.
Amundsen. chairman: George ’.ussell.
l’l‘an' Keene. Flank Ritzo, Charles
lluschaum. Clarence Wood. David
(.‘rutthers and Russel llroadvf‘ay.
NllllWALll sun 3
The Norwalk scouts held a drill and
demonst‘ation at the Armory. last
(‘Vc‘lllng. The different troops formed
at their meeting place and marchet.~
to the Armory. Troop No. S in charity.
of Scoutmaster Lecmhuis. had the
pleasure of marching to the Arnory
with music furnished by its own Fife
.and Drum Corps. Q
l‘pon arriving at the Armory the
scouts had a half.hour's drill under
Mr. Schlichting. a member of -thc
scoutmasters‘ sphool. 'The boys show-
ed by aptness that they are 'mastering
the differeuc drill. fonpations.
After the drill some sixty boys i1:
charge of Scoutmaater ZLeemhuis;
demonstrated their ability in tying
knots both in the air and over 9
pole. ’
Next cam
3 signalling in charge 61
Scoutmaster Leemhuis. First going
down through the code and then
spelling out the W‘Brds "Boy Scouts."
‘As each letter was spelled a boy would
take a position in front of the line
11- a card on which was the letter
just signalled. Then a massage was
sent from the balcony to the boxs by
one of the‘ spectators and read as fol-
.lows: “Harding's foreign policy pleas-
es.” While the signalling strumming
Ion the Fitz and Drum Corps furnished
music. 7
Then follow (1- a. First Aid Demon—
straflon in charge of Scoutmas'ter
Marshall Hbyt. Different troo were
ordered to send out boys. to toke'part
in this .demonstrationhan'df after they
Wit
1
ections also pleased. their voices being.
TEAM HAS DANSL'
SPRINfilTElllilNfi ‘ ‘
AT ST. PAUL’S
Miss Elizabeth Stickney
HammondBecomesthe
Bride of Robert Shaw
Sturg'is of Chicago
Amid a bower of ferns. palms and
Calla lilies. Miss Elizabeth Sticknev
Hammond. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Young Hammond. of 34 France
street. was at 4 oclock this afternoon
united in matrimony to Robert Shaw
Fturgis. son of Charles Shaw Sturgis.
of 1315 Astor street, Chicago. Ill. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Louis ll. Howell at St. Paul‘s Epis-
copal church.
The wedding was one of the most
important nuptial events of the Spring
season to be performed in the Nor-
Walks. ' Miss Hammomi is the niece
of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hall Mc-(‘orm-
ick. of Chicago. Ill. Her uncle is
known from coast t coast and abroad
as the manufacturer of the famous
)lt-t‘ormick reaper and of other farm-
ing: implements.
The bride was zitiirrd in an ivor:
'satin gown. with a court train. with a
pain) of lace in the center. (in (ho
coronvt to hold the veil. was a ell-vice~
or old wedding lace which had been
in the Hammond fami‘y for many
years. The gown was a creation of-
Lucille. the famous New Ymk mod-
isle. The bride carried a shower bou-
(diet of lilies of tlu» valley and white
lilacs.
'l‘he
brides attendants \vt-re Mr...
(Continued on page Five)
BHEIJK ENllflllSE
- ism mun
evening by the vaudeville show and
PM)“. PN'fiOllH-d under the auspices of
()phir t‘hapter. No. 52. ti. 1-}. S.. a!
Community Hall. that an almos' (wr juvr-niiln has bet-n rounded up
unanimous request was made by the "4V Detective Sergeant Thom?” Hunt.
3m» or more who attended. that the in the ‘asc of 3 "Wm“ .“L‘dorfi‘mem
entertainment be repeated at somu to a (midi for 8“)" and n H expected
later date ‘ that there may be at least om- more
‘ youth brought lit-lure the Jil\tllll(‘
The program was a good one and court l’ltxt week.
varied. ’.ab)’ Dawson in her dances The check was made out 1W Dr-
hleased the audience. lrown and ICHH‘ST J~ llarthol l" Fred (‘Ol'llmn-
the newsdealer. and was draun on 3
Stamford Trust (‘omi’auy check.
The boy cashed the (‘hl't‘K in a
“'histlevtllc store. and received the
change from his purchase. ’l‘vvo cn-
dorscments were on the check, one a
forgery of Mr. Coleman's name. the
other name not being-made public by
the police. "
The. forgery was not‘fiiscovcred un-
til the check was con filed after being
cashed. to Dr. Barthel. Mr. Coleman.
when questioned; said that he had
never received the check.
The boy. rounded up by the police.
at first said that he had found the
check on the street. and. later. said
that he had found it "on the dump."
lie is but 13 years old.
MRS. nun nus
tannin mu
A crude counterfeit of a $10 bill
was passed on Mrs. Frederick lluta.
who conducts a grocery store on Lex-
ington avenue. yesterday. ”3' unknown
persons. but was not discovered until
Mrs. liuta attempted
bill at the South Norwalk Trust Com-
puny. .
The bill was a 31 Hit. over the fig-
ur:~ ".l‘ on which had been pasted
ugure “1 It's." torn from 200d Silt bills.
0n the word “One" on the bill were:
also pasted the words “Ten." The
bill. while a couuierf- it. and a glaring
,/
one. at that. was accepted By .Mrs.
liuta in good faith.
Thp police are conducting an in-
vestization. and have a partial de-
scription of the persmi who passed the
bill. '
u NfiES IN nun-
Blll-ZLJASEMADE
Judge John J.‘ \andi in n memor—
andum handed d'ot’vr. today granted
certain changes in thv finding: handed
down in the Marie t'hiappinelli vs.
Auxelo Gesnalto ease. Other changes
tn. the finding were dr-nied.
The case is the outcome of a dog
bite and the plaintifi was awarded
$375 damages and costs by a jury re—
cently in the Superior court. An ap-
peal to the Supreme court was taken
and certain changes in the finding.
handed down in the case Were asked
for on the ground that the ex'idence
did not bear outthe finding’.’
Catholic-“Women
May Form Council
A branch organization of the Con—
necticut Council of Catholic “'omen
may be started in Norwalk by Father
Judgc.'of Hartford. director of the
Diocesan Bureau at Official Service.
This was s d in an address do.
livered by Father J udge. last night. to
an open meetinybi’ Catholic Women of
the community. held at the Catholic
Club house. in i‘Vost avenue.
Father Judge. in his talk. explained
the organization as conducted in
Bridgeport. New Haven and Hartford;
told of its workings. and object. The
organization handles charitable cases
which are brought to its intention.
The large number‘ot women who at—
tended the meeting were very much
interested in the project.
JITNEY
REGUI'ATION ”BILL
to deposit the,
INJlthllthS ,
DON’ i won
.—..._———
The Bridgeport Post. in yesterday's
issue. carried a story. under a Nor-
walk date line. with the above head-
ing. and itr‘is peculiarly applicable to
Bridgeport. at the present time. when
stiain-
monies
in
injunctions have been issued re
ring the, payment of certain
there. The. story is given below
full:
"lit—fore injunctions were. I am."—
Jeremiah.
’l‘ais is not a quotation from any
saying of the Prophet Jeremiah. but
is attributed to another Jeremiah. of
the flesh and this day. and now rul—
ing the City of Norwalk. He is ”the
same Jeremiah who. in the days of
the late State Senator Stiles Judson.
scored the “New Haven" capitol of
the State. and. a luv years later. in
\Vashinuton. as a member of ("on—
gress. waged a viuorous campaign
attains! flagrant absenteesim of "pay-
roll patriots" \vho \vrre serving: their
country in National legislative posi.
tions.
Just now Jeremiah is Mayor of Nor»
walk and an injunction. The latter.
charact: rizaiion is “curative. but may
be aptly applied. sinm- .lcl‘e'n‘nl' who
carries Donovan after his Christian
name. serves the~ same purpost that is
smurht in the recent imunctions sr».
cured by Bride! port mr-n to restrain
paymrms of moor-2' t-xpvndtd in ex—
cvss of appropriations.
[kit‘tt‘ine's Fullnu'i-tl.
l-‘nr :: period row rznmfux into four
years Mayor llnnman has lvmn
of livim: with-
pi‘rat'hin; his docl rim
Continued on Page Seven.
alumni
urns HERE APRIL 26
Long List of ' ‘Important
Cases to Be Tried by Judge
Edward S. Thomas
On Tuesday morninix. April 26th.
the United States District court. Judge
Edwin S. Thomas. prosid‘nz. will hold
[its first session in the t‘ity of Nor—
lwalk. the court convening at limit)
o'clock. in the Council chambers. at
the City Hall. the use of which the
Second District Commissioners Hive
granted.
The calendar of the cases schedul-
ed to come before Judge Thomas. fol-
low:
Law Cases.
l—Owen McCaffrey's Sons vs. TAT—
rain Manufacturing Co. Park &
Mattison: A. T. Ledwidge. A. D.
Caikins.
2—Goodwin-Kal
Continued on page Eight)
lagher Sand and
“ NCLE JERRY”-
FORCES
Refusal of the Railwa
LONDON. April 16.—.-\ conference
between delegates of the‘llincrs' l-‘ed—
eration of Great llritain and repre-
sentatives from all coal districts in the
l'nited Kingdom. at which the coal
strike situation will be considered. was
today fixed for next Friday. April 2‘.’
in the mtautime. work will not be
resumed in any of the coal fields af-
fected by the miners‘ strike.
Labor form-s of the, l'niivd Kingdom
today apparently are lll‘()litl'l into sec-
tions as a result of the refusal of tin
railwaymru and transport workers to
continue their suprmt oi the miners'
strike.
(lpinion prevails in some quarters
that the action mums the death war-
rant of the triple alliam‘w
“Yesterday was tl‘t- ‘~«:.\i' st
that has l-tial‘tvn :r “libin
ill lint
ltlt
lulu
BRITISH LABO
'.INTO SECT
ymen and Transport Work-
ers to Continue Support of Miners’ .Strike
Leads Some to Believe That It Means the ~
Death Warrant of the Triple Alliance. ' ‘
BROKEN I
mercy of man." begins the Laborite
Herald's comment on the sensational.
breakaway of the railroad men and
transport workers. “It is no use try-
ing: to minimize it. The workers have
not stood together and they have
leaped the reward."
The newspaper declares that Frank
Hodges. Secretary of the Miners' or—
ganization. llllldl‘ a tactical mistake by
alttrinz the old formula of the union- ‘
during: his address before members ot‘,
the House of Commons on Thursday
night. The union had held it would
no negotiate until assured o i'thc es—
i:.blishmcnl of national \vayrc boJ'fll
eu-n if such a bodv would not begin
operations immediately. but Mr.
Ilotiu‘t-s changed the formula by de-
clai'iuc the union would neg—otiate im-
mediately. postpoi‘inr; the question of
a national board.
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50 IN BLASS Hill
NATURALIZATlLlN
of the Nat uraliza—
Thf session
tiou class under the
American Legion and Veterans of the
Foreign \‘x‘ars was held last ewninz.
at American Legion hall. there brim:
about So in atitndance. Two classes
were formed. those having first papers
and those who have not obtained their
first papers as yet.
Classes will be held twice a week.
the nights of the meetings to be an-
nounced later. ‘
It is the aim of both the Lecion and
V. l“. \V. Naturalization committee. to
get the men who have first papers.
qualify for an examination as soon as
possible. when they will be taken to
Bridgeport to appear before the Nat-
uralization commissioner there.
It is requested that those who want
to attend the classes should turn their
names in to David Mayehoff. chair-
man of the committee. or to attend the
claws on the nights they‘arc being
held. '
fl rs!
«-..;-,..
auspices of the
The April meeting of the Home and
School League held last evening at the
High school. was marked by the pas-
sage of a resolution by the members
9 {the league. addressed to the Na-
tional Child Health Council. endorse-
ing the niovement and urging tha'
Nornalk be selected by the council as
the city in the United States. where
the tivt‘uyear demonstration should be
staged.
The
ltrairuc.
SCH Pied was assured.
hearty co~operation of the
in case Norwaik should be
This will mean.
in case the demonstration is secured
to: Soru’alk. that for the period of the
next live ytars. every child in Nor-
\“-’l.ik. «in be cared ir-r. looked after.
and the proper nourishment. cleanli-
i-e’ss. ciothing and bringing up of every
child will he assured. all without a
penny of expense to the city. or to
Norwalk-KMay
As National Council City
Be Selected
any resident of Norwalk.
Societies. organzzations and groups
are urged to forward endorsements ot
the program and petitions that Nor—
walk be selected to the Red Cross
roos. Room 15. Kceler Building. South
Norwalk. at once.
Miss Margaret Brendlmger of the
Hillside school gave a talk of interest
and one. that contained the germ of
one of the most vital import. Hex
topic was ‘£\\'hat Has Youth a Right
to Expect of 1's." She related some
of the things that should be done,
the setting of good examples f r mor-
ality. cleanliness. Clii'istian life and
work. The truthful answers to earn-
estwmestions. without quibbling or
Miss
equivocatibn was also urged.
llrendlinaei‘s talk was greatly appre—
ciated by those who heard her. and
she convinced her audience of the vi—
tality of her own idealism.
llANNEll BflUNlZlL
. its lillllflllA
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Banner Council. Fons 9nd Daugh-
ters of Liberty. celebrated its fifteenth
anniversary in a most fitting manner.
on Thursday eevning. State officers
were present. as well as one hundred
invited guests. and enjoyed. to the uh
most. the program which was carried
out as follows:
Selected—Young Men‘s Cxchestr. .
Vecal Solo—Jennie Prince.
Scenic Reading—“Jason Stei‘t‘in's
Courtship"—-May Gaucher. Charles
F. Hulse’, Jennie Haddeo. Elner
Roberts. .. .
Piano and Samphorie Duet—Mildred
Utzlnger and Leo Ryan.
Reading——Qharlotte Minor.
Clarinet Solo—Henry Rowland.
Reading—"A. Dude's Soliloquy’! —-
Fannie Crockett~ ‘ _
Dum Solo—Little Theodore Prince.
A Sketch-eEntitled, "Ancient Order
pf Old Maids"——Aflorded much fun.
"mold maids (2’) being: Ccuncilor
.(Slster‘Hornblower-l. Howard Rich-
ardaé vice-councilpr (Sist' er Hoe
Han le). Jennie. Hodder: outside
guard (Sister Grab 'em All), Eliza-
both Crooks: guide (Sister Pinkie
Rand 'em Over). Beatrice Son-gen:l
éx-councilor (Sister Funny Face).
Mildred Utzinger; recording secre-
b.
l’llE-PAYMENT
’PllllNES llEllE
‘Al’llll' llllll
Prepayment telephone service will
boa-adopted on April 18th in connection
with telephone pay stations in the
N’orWalk Exchange. The change re—
quires only that the public shall de-
posit a nickel in the pay station coin
box. either before or after lifting the
receiver from the hook. This prepay—
ment will serve to call the operator
and will also pay '.for the call in the
event that the call is not one for
which. the‘ charge is more than five
cents.
On all calls for which the charge i&
more than a nickel, the deposit will
be returned to the caller who then will
be asked. by the operator. to deposit
the exact amount of the charge. one
coin at a time, so that inaccuracies in
checking the payment may be avoid-
ed.
It is expected that the telephone
using public wilf , easily accustom
themselves to tie prepayment service
which has been successfully in force
in Stamford and elsewhere for some
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Zurman Sued By
Roderick W. Weed
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Plaintifi' Claims $350 for Al‘-
leged Damage to Car in»
Repair Shop
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Joseph Zurmau. of Stamtor
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been made the dtlu-ndaut. m_______.
action for $350 damages bro
Roderick V\'. “'ced. of Nor
alleged injurics done to h_____.
lile while i was: in Zurrr .
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shop on Fairlicld avenue. . .
lot on Prospect avenue l miles ‘1‘“
tachcd by Deputy Uncut: ‘0";0 a
connection with the “Home
brought through Attor' '
A. Skeel.
The complaint alleged 1 0
14. 1921». the plaintiff. th‘
agent. Homer J. Mallory. tong
with Zurman for a new top and
and for body repairs to a Buick auto;-
molule. The contract was said to have
provided that the work should be don.
in a firebclm manner. anu'mmr
within three days amu- ‘F‘Eb. 14. The
machine is said to have been drive.._ ""“»‘F
by Mallory to the shop of the defends "
ant on l’airfield avenue. At this time. 3”. ‘
it is alleged that the radiator and on"
urine were in first—class conditioifi'
Zurman did not finish the work In." '
had agreed to do until March 25. 19‘2L
On March 26. Mallory went to get " '
the machine but Zurman refused “‘3'“
let him have it until 337 was paid.
Mallory paid the $87 and tried to
drive the car away but found it could’
not be driven. he had to have it tow.
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I‘pon examining the car. it was
found that the water cooling system
had been allowed to freeze. rutnlng
the radiator and cracking the cylinv
ders. It is also claimed that the work
on the top and bows was poorly done.
“'eed had arranged to have the aua
tomobilc re—paintcd in another shop
at a cost of $75 but as a consequence
of the delay will now have to pay $150
for a paint job. He claims a. total
damage of 8350. i
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DIVflREEfllll
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Judge John P. Kellogg grad 1 six
divorces yesterday. and Judge J an F.
Ket-ler granted eight in sessions of the
Superior court held here. All were
upon the uncontested list‘axcept one
Matilda Schoetner Scher of Brooklyn
was granted a decree upon a cross
complaint from Louis Seller of
‘Brldgeport on allegat'ons of dese'rtion.
.They were, married April 1. 1916. and '
‘Scher alleged his wife deserted him
;September 5. of that year. whileAMrsp
Scher alleged desertion from April 26
following their marriage. JudgeKel-
logg accepted Mrs. Schor'a'version of
the occurcnce and granted her a. di-
vorce and custody of one minor child.
Other decrees granted by Judge.\
Kellogg were: " '
Margaret R. Vasali of Norwalk. a_.
minor. from Vendel Vasili of Norwalk;
on charges of cruelty: they were mar-
ried May 30. 1919. , ' -
Annullment of marriage 0n the al-
legation the defendant was previously
married and not divorced. Was allowed
Mabel Boyd Stmub of Norwalk from
Charles IL Straub Jr.. of Norwalk by
Judge Keeler. They were “married -
July 25. 1920. and it was she in in
court that Straub and hem. married
November 4. 1914 to Alice V. Straub.
but bananot. been legally separated-
Four Killed When ' ‘
Train Hits Auto
.PERRY. Mich. April 16.——Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Martin and their two sons. -.
Arthur. 8. and Robert: 4. were killed
when a Grand Trunk train etruck an
wtomobnn In which they were riding
near here yesterday. i
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